Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Uses acceptance and mindfulness strategies along with commitment and behavior-change strategies to increase psychological flexibility; integrate and embrace full range of emotions rather than trying to minimize or deny

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on recognize that pain and obstacles are a part of life and something we cannot ignore but can surely overcome. ACT aims to create more acceptance towards life's challenges and reducing suffering associated with painful experiences. It also encourages being in the here and now, being present and mindful. ACT also encourages and teaches the significance of living a values-driven life to create overall satisfaction and emotional well-being.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps you embrace life's challenges while staying true to your values. Instead of fighting painful thoughts or feelings, ACT teaches you to accept them as part of your experience. You focus on what truly matters to you and commit to actions that align with your values. It’s about living a meaningful life, even when things get tough, by learning to handle stress in a way that doesn’t hold you back from what you care about most.

My primary modality; I find that mindful acceptance and awareness of emotions, and focusing on intrinsic values, is the most effective way to find meaning in the midst of the complexity of being a human on this fucking rock in space.

Don't just tell me the difficult things you're moving away from. I want to hear what you're moving towards. ACT looks at how individuals can build psychological flexibility by rooting in the present moment and connecting their actions to their behaviors.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a form of psychotherapy that helps individuals embrace their thoughts and feelings rather than fighting or feeling guilty for them. It encourages mindfulness, acceptance, and understanding that difficulties are a part of life, fostering commitment and behavior-change strategies to increase psychological flexibility and enhance well-being.

We help clients develop more capacity to embrace the present moment with use of ACT skills. We can develop the ability to be present even in the midst of difficult emotions or pervasive thoughts, such as with anxiety (including OCD), depression, and PTSD. This approach supports cultivating openness to experiences and making choices driven by what is meaningful (rather than what thoughts we have or how we are feeling in the moment). ACT is complimentary to psychedelic therapy too!

ACT is about recognizing what you can and can't control, and choosing to act in a way that is consistent with who you are and what you want in life. With this type of therapy, you explore what really matters to you and then develop a commitment to those values. It's really powerful when you're dealing with things that are outside your control like chronic illness or difficult interpersonal relationships. Aspects of ACT can be integrated with other treatment approaches depending on your goals.

Our values drive majority of our decisions. Often our thoughts get in the way of our goals and who we want to be. So that negative thinking internally pulls you further and futher away from yourself and pulls you further and further in the direction of what negative and/or intrusive thoughts are telling you. We can change the way the cycle works. Let's do this together.

Acceptance involves acknowledging and embracing the full range of your thoughts and emotions rather than trying to avoid, deny, or alter them.

I not only practice from a Acceptance-Commitment Therapeutic stance but I also provide individual supervision in, as well as trained fellow Clinicians in the application of Acceptance Commitment Therapy. Acceptance-Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a mindfulness-based therapy that incorporates elements of Buddhist mindfulness meditation and newer behavioral therapy techniques. Member of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science - https://contextualscience.org/

As a psychologist, I utilize Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help clients embrace their thoughts and feelings rather than fighting or feeling guilty for them. This approach promotes psychological flexibility, encouraging individuals to align their actions with their values, leading to a more fulfilling life. Through ACT, clients learn to navigate life's challenges with greater ease and less internal struggle.

Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is a type of therapy that helps people accept the difficulties they are experiencing as a part of life, identify their values, and take action that aligns with these values. The premise of ACT is that struggle is a part of life, and fighting against it gets us nowhere, and can sometimes make things worse. If we accept the struggles we face but decide to move forward in spite of these struggles, we can achieve our goals and live a life with more meaning and purpose. I incorporate compassion-focused practices into my ACT work, helping you acknowledge the ways in which you are being hard on yourself, and how being a little bit kinder might help you move towards a life of valued action and meaning.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy comes from the perspective of accepting yourself for who you are with out shame or judgment. This is particular important for people from marginalized populations. I want to help you live a healthy and emotionally rich life and by accepting yourself and healing old wounds you can begin to grow toward becoming the person you want to be.